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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 30, 2013, 8:47 PM EST for Claiborne County, Hancock County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 1, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2013, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2013, 2:32 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Claiborne County, TN, Hancock County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Powell River near Arthur (ARTT1). The gauge peaked at 17.66 ft at Feb 1, 2013, 7:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03532000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 30, 6:29 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 6:29 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 438 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-310945- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 438 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 /338 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SEQUATCHIE VALLEY THIS MORNING... AND PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE VALLEY COUNTIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE ALSO SEE OUR HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT. MUCH COLDER AIR FLOWS INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF A LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE INCLUDING THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A WEAK FAST MOVING SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW MAINLY TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:52 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
252 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 PM TSTM WND DMG HIAWASSE DAM 35.15N 84.17W
01/30/2013 CHEROKEE NC 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
1235 PM TSTM WND DMG MURPHY 35.09N 84.03W
01/30/2013 CHEROKEE NC 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG ANDREWS 35.20N 83.82W
01/30/2013 CHEROKEE NC 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&Local storm report, Jan 30, 5:36 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 11:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Sevier | 14 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 22 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 6:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hancock | 13 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 6 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott | 29 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.